Seattle aims for better result in return to Carson

Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Just when it seemed as though Seattle Sounders
FC had turned the corner and was on a steady march up the Western Conference
table, the club ran into a road block known as the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Chivas USA has been struggling for the past month, and those troubles
continued last weekend with a 2-0 defeat to the Colorado Rapids.

So when Seattle travels to Chivas on Saturday, both sides will be eager to
claim three points in an effort to leave past failures behind.

Seattle had won its previous three matches by a combined score of 9-2 and
looked to be on its way back to top form after a poor start to the campaign.

But the Sounders were simply overrun by the Galaxy at The Home Depot Center,
and they will return to the scene of the crime on Saturday to the building now
known as the StubHub Center.

The Galaxy ran out 4-0 winners last Sunday, with all four goals coming in the
first half.

Robbie Keane netted a hat trick and assisted on the other goal as the Irishman
dismantled a subpar Seattle outfit.

"They outplayed us. It doesn't matter whether you lose 4-nothing or 1-nothing.
It's still zero points at the end of the day," Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid
said. "I don't think anybody had a good game on our team."

Seattle will be eager to move past last Sunday's result to begin a new winning
streak, and goalkeeper Michael Gspurning knows his men will be anxious to
erase that ugly result.

"For us, the next game can't be soon enough," Gspurning said. "I think most of
the guys would want to play tomorrow because that's the only way you can make
changes for the future."

Change is something that is desperately needed at Chivas USA after the club
sustained its fourth successive defeat last weekend, losing 2-0 to the Rapids.

The Goats have been outscored 13-1 in those four defeats, and defender Bobby
Burling knows it is up to him and his teammates to continue to put in the work
in an effort to turn things around.

"It's only the people in the locker room that can change it," said Burling.
"It's us together and we're trying to push forward in this thing as much as
the next person. We've got to stay together, we've got to keep fighting for
each other and hopefully along the way we'll get some bounces."